Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 4.76% or 4.90 points to trade at 106.80 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 2.56% or 5.50 points to end at 220.30 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was up 1.87% or 2.80 points to 152.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which lost 3.74% or 10.70 points to trade at 275.20 in late trade. Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) declined 2.80% or 2.80 points to end at 96.00 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) shed 1.78% or 0.90 points to 50.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 396 to 377 and 73 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.29% or 0.22 to $75.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.39 to hit $79.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.84% or 68.00 to trade at $2,322.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.70% to 11.39, while USD/SEK rose 1.39% to 10.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.74% at 104.83.